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ICD/Pacemaker

There’s no cookbook for this problem

Protocols and mandates cannot govern all of medical practice. Few better examples of cookbook failure exist than the decision-making surrounding the Medtronic Sprint Fidelis lead. You may know the story already. Here’s my brief summary: In the early 2000’s, Medtronic released a family of defibrillator leads that were promoted as thinner and easier to maneuver. […]